Heel construction for rubber footwear.



F. E. PAYNE.

l HEEL CONSTRUCTION FOR RUBBER FOOTWEAR.

APPucAfloN' FILED Am. 21. ma.

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/fwgw- R Zwmff Uff .MM-f. A i 1 j Patented Nov. 30, 1915;

UNITED STATES 4rA'rEivr OFFICE.

FRED E. PAYNE, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO. GOODYEAB RUBII'EB COMPANY, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

HEEL CONSTRUCTION FOR RUBBER FOOTWEAR. I

To all whom it concern:

Beit known that I, FRED E. PAYNE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Middletowm in the county of' Middlesex and AState of Connecticut, have invented certain the object of my'improvement is simplicity and economy in construction and yconvenience and eficiency in use.

'I In the accompanylng drawing z-Figure' 1 isa side elevatlon of a rubber shoeembodying my invention.' Fig. 2 is a bottom'view,

on an enlarged scale,` of the heel portion' of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 4: is a sectional view on the line of' Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line g/.y of Fig. 2.

' The shoe 10, shown injFig. 1 is whatis known as a mens overshoe rolled edge or coasting so1e,compr 1s1ng a' sole portion havinga rolled edge 11 and is provided with a special form of heel construction, embodying my invention,

12 at the edge of the. counter 13' or the heel portionof the .body portion .of the shoe '10,'

and an additional lift or tap 1/1`of special .form on the lower face of the heel. The rolled heel edge 12, asis common in. the .ordinary construction without the additional lift 111 that I have provided, extends varound the lower edge ofthe counter 13, and is in the form of a continuation ofthe bot.

` tom wall 15" ofthe heelend of the body por- 4ov I wardly, to meet the said side walls,

of appreciable depth and thickness. The

tion extending slightly beyond the outer or side wall and curled over upwardly and 1n-l being liftl 14 constitutes an addition to the construction described, and as mentioned is of special construction, andl constitutes the tread portion ofthe heel. -That isto say, the. so-called bottom wall 15 serves as the closing-wall for the counterl 13, to provide a l.closed structurefor the heel and the lift serves as the tread, and is the part that wears away in use, andtherefore the bottom counter wall o r counter base 15` is relieved of the duty of withstanding the 'wear due to normaluse, as in walking. Accordingly, the

said counter base 15 may be made of rela- I Specication of Letters Patent.

to be, described. The said'` heel, as shownlcomprises a .rolled heel edge .Patented Nov. 30, 1.915. i

Application filed April 21, .1 915. Serial No. 22,921.

tively ythin material, and, furthermore,- the i lift 15 may be' made of. skeleton construetlon, as shown. eton construction exposes a ,portionv of the lcounter base' 15, I provide a panel- 16 on'the exposed portion 17, which it will'vbe noted 1s protected by the said lift 14. The particular form of the lift'lfias shown Furthermore, as such 'skelz comprises a generally U-shaped1structure,l

of appreciable thickness, extendingaround the sides and rear of the counterfbase 15,5"

havinga space 18 between' the-ams andopening into the arch portion 1 9.

`18, inclosed by the arms 20- ofthe lift '1 5,

I prefer to have the rear pdl-.tion 210i the l' vlift 1/1 of appreciablel width, and to\ taper the arms 20 from the said 4rear portion 21 to the extreme front ends, where they may terminate in sharp corners, to meet the corresponding corners. of the counter base 15.- It will be thus noted that by making the lift 14 of yielding material, a heel structure is provided having a high degree of resil' iency, and providing a peculiar cushion. It'

will be further noted that, not-withstanding the skeleton structure. ofthe tread portion vof the heel as described, there is provided' a heel base of' maximum dimensions, the

.outer lateral dimensions' being full and complete, and the openstructure being confined 'tothe interior portion. It is nderstood that in some casesthe rolled counter..

edges may be omitted and other. changes may'be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.'

' The rolled edge 11 of the sole portion is of the usual roughened or corrugated form, being an extensionof the adjacent tread portion of the sole. The rolled heel edge `12as mentioned is similarly' an extension or a continuation of the counter bottom 15,

which counter bottom and rolled edge are similarly roughened or corrugated, as'shown, a portion of the said corrugated lowerside of the bottom 15 being exposed at 17 between the 'arms 20 ofthe lift 14. As shown in the sectional View lin Figs. 4 and the lift 20 is united to the counter bottom 15 in such' a manner as to forma unitary or e'ssentially integral structure, no rivets or metallic connecting means being employed. By

the constructlon described a rolled heel edge 12 is provided above the lift 14 that has a roughened or corrugated outer surface- The construction may be readily under stood by .notingr that the heel portion of the counter bottom 15 is of greater area than the portion of the heel lift 11 opposed therecomprising' apart of the body portion of' the said counter bottom 15, designated as 17, is opposed between the arms 20 of the said heel lifts 14, which latter is U-shaped. rIhe fact that the exposed surfaces of the said rolled heel edge 12 and the exposed body portionr 1T are of rough o1' corrugated character follows from the fact that the entire surface of the counter bottom 15 is corrugated incllvuling the portion exposed Ato and securedtothe heel litt '14, so that any portion that may not be covered by the said heel lift 14: must present a rough or corrugated surface.

-The difficulty heretofore has been to secure the heel 14 to a corrugated surface, such as described, but this l liave'succeeded in'overcoming by methods which I have devised, ``and which I operate to produce a product such 'as shown and described.

Aside from the corrugated feature of the counter bottom 15 and the heel lift 1l. it will be noted Vthat the. said counter bottom 15 serves simply as a closure for the bottom of the heel, and may be only of such thicle ness as is necessary to effect such closure, and which will accordingly be somewhat yielding, corresponding to such thickness, and the heel lift 14, because of the U-shapc of construction as shown and described, permits of such yielding, particularly so between the arms of the lift.

I claim as my invention y In rubber foot wear, a heel structure comprising a counter closed-on the lowe. side by a counter base and a lift secured directly to the said counter base, the said lift being of U-shape, fitting around the edge portions only of the saidcounter base, and leaving' a portion of the said counter base, between the arms of the said lift, uncovered, whereby the support for the said counter base provided by the said lift is confined to the said edge portions thereof.

. p FRED E. PAYNE. lVitliesses BETRAND E. SPENCER, LOUIS M. SCHMIDT.

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